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The Costumes of Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest 2016

By Benjamin Leatherman

Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 4:22 p.m.

Benjamin Leatherman Some Stranger Things cosplay. 1/80

Benjamin Leatherman Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. 2/80

Benjamin Leatherman Don't forget your dinglehopper. 3/80

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying Louise Belcher from Bob's Burgers. 5/80

Benjamin Leatherman Jinkies, it's Velma. 6/80

Benjamin Leatherman Starfire from the DC Comic Universe. And, no, she isn't a descendant of Donald Trump. 7/80

Benjamin Leatherman Amber Skies as the Forest Spirit from Princess Mononoke. 8/80

Benjamin Leatherman Comicon Fan Fest. 9/80

Benjamin Leatherman It's a geek event, so of course there will be Deadpools about. 10/80

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying Garona from Warcraft. 11/80

Benjamin Leatherman Walk softly and carry a big boomstick. 12/80

Benjamin Leatherman Darth Nihilus from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II. 13/80

Benjamin Leatherman Nothing's more adorable than BB-8 cosplay. 14/80

Benjamin Leatherman Robot rock. 15/80

Benjamin Leatherman You might want to get that checked out. 16/80

Benjamin Leatherman Batgirl, circa 1968. 17/80

Benjamin Leatherman Um, please don't hurt us, dark one. 18/80

Benjamin Leatherman Adrian Champagne, an original character. 19/80

Benjamin Leatherman An excellent cosplay of Zorn, right down to the hot sauce. 20/80

Benjamin Leatherman Anime-related cosplay at Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest 2016. 21/80

Benjamin Leatherman Clowning around Fan Fest. 22/80

Benjamin Leatherman You giving us the stinkeye? 23/80

Benjamin Leatherman Comicon Fan Fest. 24/80

Benjamin Leatherman An anime cosplayer at Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest 2016. 25/80

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying Kratos from God of War. 26/80

Benjamin Leatherman Jessica Jones and Loki. 27/80

Benjamin Leatherman Scarlet Witch and Cyclops from X-Men. 28/80

Benjamin Leatherman Do any of these shirts come in dino sizes? 29/80

Benjamin Leatherman Ghostbusters cosplay. 30/80

Benjamin Leatherman Nightwing and Harley Quinn. 31/80

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying Jack Skellington and Sally from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. 32/80

Benjamin Leatherman A group of friends who went to Fan Fest as various iconic characters from '80s movies. 33/80

Benjamin Leatherman This is seasonally appropriate. 34/80

Benjamin Leatherman Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy go way back. 35/80

Benjamin Leatherman Black Cat from the Marvel Universe. 36/80

Benjamin Leatherman Fast food will kill you. 37/80

Benjamin Leatherman "Heather, my dear, there's a new sheriff in town." 38/80

Benjamin Leatherman Hope your solo flick is better than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. 39/80

Benjamin Leatherman Cue up the John Williams score. 40/80

Benjamin Leatherman He's your only hope. 41/80

Benjamin Leatherman He even had jelly babies. 42/80

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying at Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest. 43/80

Benjamin Leatherman Gwenpool, a mashup of Gwen Stacy and Deadpool. 44/80

Benjamin Leatherman A character from the Naruto universe. 45/80

Benjamin Leatherman Twenty-first century digital boy. 46/80

Benjamin Leatherman Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na... 47/80

Benjamin Leatherman Recreating that one scene from The Walking Dead. 48/80

Benjamin Leatherman Respect the claws, bub. 49/80

Benjamin Leatherman Under the sea/Under the sea/There'll be no accusations/Just friendly crustaceans/Under the sea. 50/80

Benjamin Leatherman This gives us the creeps every time. 51/80

Benjamin Leatherman That's half of Team Tony right there. 52/80

Benjamin Leatherman Meet the Fett family. 53/80

Benjamin Leatherman A wolf from Minecraft. 54/80

Benjamin Leatherman Anime-inspired characters at Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest 2016. 55/80

Benjamin Leatherman Looks painful. 56/80

Benjamin Leatherman These three pretty much ruled wrestling from 1988 to 1992. 57/80

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayers at Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest 2016. 58/80

Benjamin Leatherman Anime-inspired cosplay at Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest 2016. 59/80

Benjamin Leatherman Duh-duh-duh-duh! (snap! snap!) 60/80

Benjamin Leatherman Coming soon to a theater near you. 61/80

Benjamin Leatherman Live long and cosplay. 62/80

Benjamin Leatherman Ghost Rider was always such a hothead. 63/80

Benjamin Leatherman Attendees of Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest. 64/80

Benjamin Leatherman Howdy, Hellboy. 65/80

Benjamin Leatherman Maleficent looking as majestic and malevolent as ever. 66/80

Benjamin Leatherman The Eleventh Doctor and his faithful companion, Amy Pond. 67/80

Benjamin Leatherman A mau5 in the hau5. 68/80

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying Marty McFly. 69/80

Benjamin Leatherman The Joker and Harley Quinn, this time as Hugh Hefner and a Playboy bunny, respectively. 70/80

Benjamin Leatherman The MCU/Star Wars crossover you've been waiting for. 72/80

Benjamin Leatherman Charlie Brown would be proud of that getup. 73/80

Benjamin Leatherman The game's afoot. 74/80

Benjamin Leatherman Comicon Fan Fest. 75/80

Benjamin Leatherman Hold still, we've gotta find some great balls. 76/80

Benjamin Leatherman The best-looking Kylo Ren costume in Arizona. 77/80

Benjamin Leatherman DC dames. 78/80

Benjamin Leatherman Oooh, yeah. Dig it! 79/80

Benjamin Leatherman You don't mess with the Teen Titans. 80/80

The Costumes of Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest 2016

Geeks turned out in force for Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest 2016 — and many of 'em came dressed for the occasion. Cosplay and costumes were in abundance during the weekend-long event at the Phoenix Convention Center, including countless versions of Harley Quinn and the Jokers (natch), as were Deadpool, Kylo Ren, Pokemon, and anime-inspired characters. We also spied people cosplaying Daft Punk, Zorn, Charlie Brown, the late Randy "Macho Man" Savage, and even Monty Python.

Photos by Benjamin Leatherman

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